To find the next meeting for any of these groups, visit the events page.

Please note, the groups on the page below are specific to our local chapter.

We also have groups at the national level:

Branches

Branches are based upon a shared political concern or geographic location.

Labor

Slack: #labor | Google drive | labor@twincitiesdsa.org

Discussion of the labor movement and workers’ fights against injustice – no union experience expected. Join us to discuss organizing in your workplace, show solidarity with struggles in our community, and plan events for the broader chapter.

Socialist Feminist

Slack: #socfem | Google Drive | socfem@twincitiesdsa.org

The Socialist Feminist Branch believes in building solidarity and power at the intersections of gender, race, and class. We meet monthly for political education and action planning, hold occasional socials and chapter events, and host a reading group open to everyone.

St. Paul

Slack: #st-paul | Google Drive | stpaul@twincitiesdsa.org

Founded in the merger of the Lower St. Paul and St. Paul North & Eastside Regional Groups, the St. Paul Branch is a space for DSA members who live, work, or organize in St. Paul and nearby communities. We meet on the 2nd Thursday and 4th Sunday of each month and hold occasional outdoor socials. Participation in the St. Paul Branch of Twin Cities DSA is open to anyone who has an interest in the city of St. Paul, Minnesota, regardless of residence. See upcoming meetings at tcdsa.org/events and sign up for email updates at tcdsa.org/stpaul.

Working Groups

Working groups are based upon a specific task, action, campaign, or political strategy.

Minneapolis Rent Control

Slack: #mpls-rent-control | Google Drive

Working to get strong rent control in Minneapolis. Meets the first Tuesday of the month.

Street Corps

Slack: #street-corps-working-group | Google Group

Works on addressing issues in the community through mutual aid, community building, and community defense initiatives.

Committees

Committees accomplish ongoing work necessary to the functioning of the chapter itself.

Budget, Finance, and Fundraising Committee

Slack: #budget-finance-fundraising | Google Drive | treasurer@twincitiesdsa.org

The Budget, Finance, and Fundraising Committee manages chapter finances and coordinates chapter fundraising efforts.

Communications

Slack: #communications | Google Drive | comms@twincitiesdsa.org

Builds and maintains the various lines of communication, both external and internal, for Twin Cities DSA. Handles a broad range of projects and responsibilities including: social media pages, website content, the biweekly newsletter, covering current chapter events and sharing writings on topics from a socialist perspective.

Electoral

Slack: #electoral | Google Drive | electoral@twincitiesdsa.org

Working on utilizing electoral activities (election campaigns and outreach, pressure campaigns on elected officials) to push forward a socialist agenda.

Grievance

Google Drive | grievances@twincitiesdsa.org

Handles grievances within the chapter. Find the full list of Grievance Committee members here.

Internal Organizing

Slack: #internal-organizing | Google Drive

The Internal Organizing Committee works to create the spaces, structures, and resources to initiate and sustain members’ active and healthy participation in chapter work. Through internal organizing, we strive to grow our capacity by developing confident and skilled organizers and leaders who are empowered to turn their resources into collective power to make socialist change.

Tech Ops

Slack: #techops | Google Drive | operations@twincitiesdsa.org

Maintains chapter infrastructure & technology.

Political Education

Slack: #politicaleducation | Google Drive | politicaledu@twincitiesdsa.org

Brainstorm and organize political education events, the Chapter Library, and more. Find the full list of the Political Education committee leadership here.

Steering

Slack: #steeringcommittee | Google Drive | steering@twincitiesdsa.org

Consists of elected officers and representatives from branches. Meetings are open to all members. Find the full list of Steering Committee representatives here.

Caucuses

Caucuses are based upon a common identity, affinity, and/or political tendency.

Left Social Democrats

Slack: #left-social-democrats | lsd@twincitiesdsa.org | Website

We believe in the inherent goodness of the American people, and that if given a choice between actually-existing capitalism and a socialism that respects their values, beliefs, and rights, they will choose socialism of their own free will. We are DSAers who are also part of the new national North Star Caucus devoted to socialism and democracy.

Reform & Revolution

randr@twincitiesdsa.org | Website

Reform & Revolution is a revolutionary Marxist caucus within DSA. We helped lead the successful Tacoma DSA Tenants Bill of Rights ballot initiative, and our members helped elect Kshama Sawant to Seattle City Council and win the first $15 minimum wage in a major city in the country!

We stand for building DSA into a mass socialist party rooted in the struggles of the multiracial working class. We fight to end economic inequality, racism, sexism, and all forms of oppression, and to overthrow capitalism!

Mass Work

mw@twincitiesdsa.org | Points of unity

Mass Work Caucus is a group of comrades committed to transforming DSA into a revolutionary organization, informed and led by the people. We are committed to Mass Work, Political Independence for DSA, Internationalism, Degrowth, and more. Read our points of unity above!

Marxist Unity Group

Website (with points of unity)

The Marxist Unity Group is an organization committed to political struggle within the Democratic Socialists of America. This makes us a DSA faction, and we aim to be a constructive one. Our words ‘Marxist Unity’ are aspirational: we hope to rally the thousands of Marxists in DSA around a shared vision for our movement’s future.

Our faction is based on seven points of unity that we hope DSA will eventually embrace. These principles of struggle are far-reaching, and they all serve one fundamental goal—one unspoken dream that we will wear on our chest. It is a dream now quietly shared by millions of people in this country: the dream of a socialist revolution in the United States!

YDSA

YDSA is the youth wing of National DSA. There are nearly 120 YDSA chapters and organizing committees in the country. YDSA is both a National organization, as well as having local chapters, similar to DSA. YDSA chapters are autonomous and not under the rule of their local DSA chapters, but are often members of both. Proudly Twin Cities YDSAers are some of the most engaged in their local DSA chapter in the country! Reach out to the below chapters/organizing committees through their Instagrams to get involved!

UMN Twin Cities YDSA

Instagram: YDSA @ UMN Twin Cities

YDSA @ UMN Twin Cities has been active since its reboot in the Spring 2020 semester. It’s one of YDSA’s largest chapters and has done work across electoral, labor, and Palestine solidarity organizing. From doorknocking for TCDSA endorsed candidates, lobbying the state legislature to overturn a decades old law barring student worker unionizing, and participating in the 2024 nationwide student encampment for Palestine movement.

Macalester YDSA

Instagram: YDSA @ Macalaster

YDSA @ Macalester has been active since its founding in the Fall 2022 semester. They’ve been engaged in tenant organizing, Palestine solidarity, and in their labor work. It’s members have played a substantial role in the organizing of Macalester’s Undergraduate Worker’s Union (MUWU).

Hamline YDSA

Instagram: YDSA @ Hamline

YDSA @ Hamline was founded in the Spring 2023 semester.

Metrostate YDSA